MSP Meghan Gallacher calls for life-saving defibrillators to be installed at all schools across Lanarkshire

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Lanarkshire MSP Meghan Gallacher is calling for life-saving defibrillators to be installed at all schools across the area. It comes after the Scottish Conservatives uncovered that more than 1000 schools across Scotland do not have access to defibrillators.While all secondary schools in North Lanarkshire have the devices on site, none of the local authority’s primary schools or additional special needs schools have access to defibrillators.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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No additional needs school in South Lanarkshire has access to a defibrillator.By contrast, every primary, secondary and special needs school in England now has access to a defibrillator after the UK Government completed the installation of them by the end of July last year.The MP is urging the Scottish Government to follow the lead of the UK Government and “urgently up their game” and ensure every school across North and South Lanarkshire has a defibrillator installed as soon as possible.The Scottish Conservative MSP said: “It is deeply concerning to see that so many schools across North and South Lanarkshire do not have access to life-saving defibrillators.“Having access to these